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Bh ¢ Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher 'WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1965---PAGE 4 Mayor Has Sound Ideas On Regional Government : Oshawa's mayor Lyman Gifford fs a municipal executive of long experience, one who has _ been through the mill of municipal affairs in East Whitby and Oshawa for the greater part of his adult life. One can therefore accept his Comment on the Ontario govern- ment's proposals for regional gov- ernments in Ontario as having some weight behind it. Mayor Gifford has been asso- ciated with the affairs of Oshawa and Ontario county for so long that he has a very clear apprecia- tion of what the minor municipal- itiés will and will not accept in the wWay of regiona] government. There ig Sound-reasoning in his statement that if there is to be a regional government for Oshawa and the surrounding area, county boundar- iés will have to be scrapped. ' *This has already been done in setting up the proposed regional planning board. In addition to Osh- ajva, it takes in Whitby, Whitby ahd East Whitby townships, in ' Ohtario county, and Bowmanville abd Darlington township in Durham county. That would be the natural region in which a merging of var- fous types of services could be ac- complished with efficiency and economy Mayor Gifford, however, gives a timely warning. He recognizes that it will be more difficult to sell the idea of regional government to rural municipalities than to urban municipalities. This is only natural. The rural areas will need to have definite assurances that they will not have to sacrifice their autonomy completely in any regional govern- ment plan, In addition to that, there will have to be complete co-opera- tion between all the municipalities involved. To achieve all of this will take time, study and consideration by all parties. There is one key thought which might provide some of the answers to this problem. Regional planning is definitely on the way. Such plan- ning, however, cannot result in effective action unless there is also a measure of regional government to carry out planning board recom- mendations. U.N. Disarmament Talks One cannot help feeling that there is some sinister purpose behind the request made by Soviet Russia for a public debate by the entire United Nations membership on disarmament within the next week or two. This request, made to the United Nations secretary-gen- eral U Thant, specifies that such a debate should take place prior to any further negotiations within the U.N. Disarmament Committee which meets in Geneva. What we fear in connection with this latest Russian request is that it does not represent a genuine ap- proach to making progress towards any definite measures of disarma- ment. Since March, 1962, the dis- armament committee at Geneva has been discussing plans for disarma- ment, either partial or complete, without making any progress. All suggestions made by the other Ge Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C, ROOKE, General Monoger C. J. MeCONECHY § Editor pa Oshawa Times combining The Oshowa Times i lished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond icle established 1863) is published daily end Statutory holidays excepted). bers of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- jation. The Canodion Press, Audit Bureou po ed or Reuters, and also the local . published therein. All rights of specicl des reserved. are also : Thomson Building, 425 University ,. Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcort Street, Avanue, Maptreal P.Q BSCRIPTION RATES ivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby. Ajox, ing, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Alfart, Mople Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, 1, Tounten, tyrone Dunbarton, Enniskillen, ag tal week. By mail in Province of Ontario) ie corriers delivery oreas 12.00 per yeor. Other a ind Serene Countries 15.00, Broughom Burketon, Cloremont, a . end foreign 24 countries included in the 18-member committee at Geneva have run up against a blank wall of Russian refusal. There has been no forward step of any kind that is worthy of note, With all of the 114 countries in the United Nations being called to- gether to take part in the kind of disarmament debate requested by Russia, under United Nations aus- pices, there could be far less hope of progress than there has been in Geneva committee's meetings. This would, however, provide the Soviet Union with a sounding board of 114 nations in which to launch a massive propaganda attack on the western powers. Indeed, we suspect that the main idea in the minds of the Soviet' leaders is that of un- leashing propaganda accusing the western powers of blocking disar- mament. It is likely, however, that the 114 nations will be summoned for the debate. That should provide for a discussion which would make the Tower of Babel fade into insigni- ficance, with very little possibility that it will have any satisfactory results. Other Editors' Views SOLACE FOR THE SEASICK (Milwaukee Journal) It should be a solace to the poor sailors among us that astronauts Grissom and Young remained in perfect health while orbiting the globe three times, then got sea- sick while bobbing around in the Atlantic in their spaceship -for 40 minutes, READERS WRITE... The Editor, The Oshawa Times. REPLY TO MR. WALKER Dear Sir: Mr. A. V. Walker, MPP, Oshawa, must have set the world's record for reaching in the explanation he gave to The Times for his failure to speak on the Conservative Gov- ernment Rill for Compulsory Arbitration of Labor Disputes in hospitals. According to The Times re- port Mr. Walker said that he wanted to speak against the bill and then refrain from vot- ing, but the rules did not per- mit him to do this. He even went so far as to say that "If a member speaks on a Dill and then leaves the house he can actually be forced to re- turn." This struck me as peculiar so I took the trouble to consult Lewis' Parliamentary Proce- dure in Ontario, which is the recognized authority on proce- dure in the Ontario House. This book says on Page 85, "every member who is in the House when a motion is put from the chair is required to register his vote on it, but a member who was not in the House when the motion was put, but enters subsequently is not allowed to vote." If Mr, Walker had wanted to refrain from voting all he need- ed to do was absent himself from the House before the motion was put from the chair. Far from being forced to re- turn, he would not then have been permitted to vote if he had returned of his own free will. But why should a member re- frain from voting against a bill which he claims to oppose in principle? Do we send mem- bers to Queen's Park to speak and vote for their principles, or do we expect them to be mere- ly puppets in the hands of party whips? Thanking you again for the use of your column. Yours Sincerely, VICTOR C. AYLING, 1467 Bala drive, Oshawa. The Editor, The Oshawa Times. FRENCH-CANADA PROBLEM Dear Sir: The 'angry Frenchman", Lu- cien Chamberland is, of course, angry that Canada is not ready to be taken over and be made into a French colony. If the British, whom they have been taught to hate since birth, had not been so fair after their con- quest, then we would not have had the French problem today. They should have made it a condition of surrender that En- glish only be taught in the schools, That still holds true to- day. Nine provinces are and will be English, and any letters writ- ten to them are not written in a foreign language. Thank God for the so-called foreigners who have the inner fortitude to speak out against being taken over by the French. The English seem to be sitting back, trying, as usual, to be fair, and, as. usual, winding up with a mess such as we have now. However, Canada does not need or want two languages. If the French do not like Ontario as an English-speaking province, then they should go back to France, where, I am sure, they will find a place that wants them. As for the NDP brief regard- ing giving Quebec the eastern half of Ontario, Mr. Macdonald and his cohorts should join hands with those who want to give Canada to the French, On- tario should join with Newfound- land and divide Quebec up so that Ontario has an all-winter port and Newfoundland a place to run their power lines so that Canada as a whole can benefit and prosper, and not be ham- pered and hamstrung by one segment who have to have their own way in everything. Yours truly, S. H. ATKINSON 109 Celina street, Oshawa. SO MUCH GOES IN--SO LITTLE COMES OUT Ottawa Columnist Sees Starr Potential Leader By RICHARD JACKSON In The Sudbury Star OTTAWA When _ looking over the field of possible suc- cessors to John Diefenbaker as Conservative leader, don't ne- glect glancing at, better still, seriously examining the poten- tialities of Michael Starr, MP for the Oshawa-based riding of Ontario. This is a man (young, as political leaders go, at 55) who speaks in Parliament for what is becoming known as_ the "Third. Force' in Canada and national politics. Could be that this 'Third Force" might turn out to be the urgently needed ethnic bal- ance wheel between the clash- ing "Main Forces', the so- called ""two founding races', the English and French-Cana- dians. : Mike Starr, labor minister in the former Diefenbaker govern- ment, has moved in as the Con- servative leader's desk-mate in the Commons, occupying the seat vacated by Quebec. "'rebel'"' Leon Balcer. But there's much more to it than just a shift of seats on the Opposition Front Bench, for Mike Starr has been taking turns with Nova Scotia's George Nowlan and Manitoba's Gordon Churchill in leading the daily Conservative attack on the. gov- ernment during Diefenbaker ab- sences from the Commons, SECOND IN COMMAND? The side-by-side seating with the party leader--a small thing to the average person, maybe, but something of consequence to the status-conscious Commofs-- plus his shift as Opposition: lead- off man, ranks him among the three senior Conservative cap- tains, just possibly the one who counts most. When John Diefenbaker re- tires -- as retire he will, cer- tainly after the next election and just possibly within the year re- gardiess -- this ranking will be an asset unique to Mike Starr in the bidding for the leader- ship. For hé alone among all the contenders now in sight -- Premiers Stanfield of Nova Sco- tia, Robarts of Ontario and Rob- lin of Manitoba, and former Conservative cabinet ministers fa FRENCH-CANADIAN VIEWPOINT z This is a selection of edi- torilals on current topics, translated from the French- ~ language press of Canada. Montreal Le Devoir--Dan- ©, {el Johnson's book Equality or Independence, published on the eve of his Union Na- tionale party's convention... diagnoses a constitutional sickness as the key to the "Canadian crisis." With reservations, we must agree with Mr. Johnson that the British North America Act does not now fit the de- mands of a sovereign people. It does not give the French group, from one end of the country to the other, the mini- mum of legal recognition it has a right to ' : Mr. Johnson draws the logi cal conclusion--we must get rid of the old document and open a new page... - Three solutions are possible: . Independence, a confederal ar- rangement, or a renewed fed- eralism . But Mr, John- son's propositions are dismay- ingly vague. We must, he says, "find a #2 See Oe eet formula in which Eng- lish - Canadians and French- Canadians, as well as New Canadians, feel equally at home." Even Messrs, Diefenbaker, Douglas, Pearson or Lesage could agree with that. But what exactly would Mr. John- son's new constitution be?. . . He seems to vacillate between renewed federalism and con- federalism, inevitably bring- ing about associate states. He even seems ready to resort to independence. .. . "In Canada or in Quebec, wherever the French-Canadian nation finds freedom, there will be its homeland." One would like to go along with this rhetoric, but the simi- plest intellectual rigor forbids it... . We would reject Mr Johnson's ideas out of hand . ... if he were not the Union @ationale part yleader. IMITATE QUEBEC Trois-Rivieres Le Nouvel- liste--Federal legislation al- lows the provinces to contract out. of joint federal-provincial programs. Quebec policy on this matter is well known. Ip 24) the eyes of the rest of the country, seemed astonishing and anti- federal. But already there are signs that going it alone in this respect 'is not repugnant to all the provinces and that some are considering imitat- ing Quebec... . Premier Thatcher of skatchewan is acting like a good provincial chief in taking a close look at the federal Jaw authorizing withdrawals from joint schemes. . . skatchewan possible withdrawal from five federal - provincial programs, The premiers of Nova Scotia, Ontario and Manitoba have advised ment that they are reviewing their positions as regards the withdrawal law Montreal La Presse----More -- modest than the Union Na- tionale's, another political convention took place in Mon- treal last weekend Johnson's party was attempt- ing its first democratic draft- ing of a program; that policy has Sa- . Now Sa- is contemplating the federal govern- .'. » (March Book Diagnoses The 'Canadian Crisis' Cliche's and T. C. Douglas's NDP, like its parent CCF, has always based its action on careful study. and shared opin- ions... . Yet both conventions had a common aim: Prepar- ing their parties to meet the electorate... . The NDP had first to adopt a constitution... ated an autonomous party on the federal level, and not just a "Quebec wing... ." What will be the NDP's or- fentation? The convention gave a fairly good idea is no longer debating separa- tism, "associate states' or a presidency for a hypothetical future Quebec. Already in 1961 it clearly established its doc- trine of a federalism designed to promote two nations, dis- which cre- The Quebec NDP tinct in culture but bound by political security, ment, social justice, interna- tional solidarity. "The crisis in Quebec,"' said Daniel M Robert objectives--freed George Hees, Davie Fulton, Richard Bell and Wallace Me- Cutcheon -- will have the back- ing of the Conservative parlia- mentary caucus, or at least the biggest part of it. BIGGEST ASSET But Starr's biggest asset is that he speaks for Canada's "Third Force'. These are the immigrants, the foreign-born, the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Poles who have lived two and three generations in the West, the Finns who have lived that Jong in Northern On- tario and Manitoba, the Ger- mans who have lived even long- er in Ontario's Waterloos, Well- ingtons and Hurons, and the more recently-arrived swarms of Italians, Czechs and refugees from the now Communist cap- tive Baltic. States. This, as the Dominion Bureau of Statistics makes clear, is a big force, in fact, the 'Third Force", comprising nearly a third of the population, with vot- ing power almost equal with that of the French-Canadians and English-Canadians with family trees rooted in Britain and Ireland. This immigrant ethnic group, easily, willingly and even eager- ly integrating, has usually rank- ed itself with English-speaking Canada. But French-Canada, putting the immense emphasis it does on there being supposediy only "two founding races', as Que- bec. insists they are, has made this "Third Force" aware of its existence, REGARDED AS 'OUTSIDERS' Not only aware, but conscious that at least in Quebec's eyes, British Move To Keep Peace The British government's offer to make a_ permanent commitment of troops and equipment for support of future United Nations peace-keeping forces introduces a welcome positive note into the gloomy atmosphere created by the past UN peace-kéeping opera- tions. London's constructive move is a reminder that impor- tant forces in the world organi- zation look beyond the legalis- tic arguments that paralyzed the last session of the General Assembly. POINTED PARAGRAPHS In West Germany's foreign policy there are too many cooks and too little broth. -- Herr Ger- hard Schroeder, West Germany Foreign Minister. Canadians who are neither En- glish nor French are regarded perhaps as something of out- siders, even strangers or inter- lopers. Mike Starr could be the man to rally and solidify this 'Third Force' and make it a potent political power. For he is a member of it. Born in Copper Cliff, near Sudbury, his Ukrainian ancestry can be heard in what still is a trace of a Central European accent. He's a physically solid sort of man, in top shape, has all kinds of personal charm and while dis- armingly soft-spoken, can be as- toundingly hard. When Mike Starr, friendly, smiling, almost apologetically blasts off at an invariably sur- prised occupant of the Liberal Front Bench in the Commons, the astonished objéct of his at- tack must feel like he has been kicked in the stomach by some- body who looks, acts, most of the time sounds, and usually is one of his best parliamentary friends. Mike Starr is one of those most, fortunate people who seem to have it good both ways. He's a rugged individualist, and a heart and soul believer in free and private enterprise -- but he understands the needs and aspirations of labor and has its support, even admiration, He was mayor of the United Auto Worker-dominated General Motors city of Oshawa while, at the same time, being an old school doctrinaire Conservative, And, as they say, that ain't easy. YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO April 7, 1940 The soldier vote in the federal general election reduced W. H, Moore's majority by 100 votes to 4,234, Oshawa's_ Salvation Army Red Shield campaign netted $12,237, close to 25 per cent over its objective. Oshawa Generals won the Junior Ontario hockey title by defeating South Porcupine by 10 to 1 in each of two playoff games. 40 YEARS AGO April 7, 1925 Messrs. Murphy and Davis were awarded a contract for the city's garbage collection. at a price of $6400. Two Oshawa soccer teams, General Motors and Maroons, entered the Toronto and District Football League. J. C. Young was elected presi- tent and Stanley F. Everson sonnenry of the Oshawa Rotary Club. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 7, 1965 . . . Thomas D'Arcy McGee was shot dead on his door- step by a Fenian assassin 97 years ago today--in 1868 --as he returned from the Canadian House of Com- mons. McGee had worked for newspapers in England, Ireland, and the United States before settling in Can- ada in 1857. He became a minister in Sir John A. Mac- donald's coalition govern- economic develop- Cliche, the new Quebec NDP leader, "is more than a wave of nationalism; it is a buman crisis." ment but made way for a Nova Scotian Catholic in the first Confederation cabinet. He was murdered for his support of the Imperial con- nection and his hostility to Irish extremism. 1506--Birth of St. Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary. 1948 -- Foundation of the World Health Organization. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--the ist Canadian Di- vision was transferred to the 2nd Army, between Cas- sel and Poperinghe; the German sea ~ raider Prinz Eitel Freidrich was interned at Newport News, Va. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1940 -- a German submarine sank the Nor- wegian vessel Navarra off Scotland, killing 12 seamen; the French High Command reported that German air activity over the front had increased "very consider- ably." OTTAWA REPORT Monsarrat Book | New Best Seller By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Nicholas Monsar- rat, Canada's most famous nov- elist, has just seen his 23rd book published in Britain and the U.S.; within a week, it cele- brated his 55th birthday by soaring to the top of the- best- seller list in Britain, Monsarrat of course is best remembered for his book about the lonely herosim of the sail- ors who protected--as he did himself--Britain's Atlantic sup- ly line on corvettes during orld War II. This was 'The Cruel Sea," which he wrote in South Africa where he was serving as United Kingdom In- formation Officer. Since then, he has demonstrated his virtu- osity by writing successful nov- els set against such diverse backgrounds as the Mau-Mau revolt in East Africa, a pleas- ure cruise on a luxury liner, the white man's rule in Asia, smug- gling, and a trilogy of tracts for our times. READ AROUND WORLD The Cruel Sea brought Nich- olas Monsarrat fame, and a fortune in royalties which he tells me has already passed $525,000. Of his 11 subsequent novels, perhaps the best-known and most lucrative was 'The Nylon Pirates,' which has sold 120,000 copies in Britain, 80,000 in the U.S., and about 300,000 translated into 10 other lan- guages. It also recently earned him $80,000 plus a slice of the property for the film rights, and it will be filmed aboard a liner and ashore in the eastern Medi- terranean this summer. The Mau-Mau book, The Tribe that Lost its Head, was purchased, also for $80,000, by the Read- GALLUP POLL ers Digest, for republication' in condensed form -- the first of seven of his novels to be thus reprinted. Several of his best- selling books are now also avail-' able in paper - back editions, which can today be more lucra- tive for the writer and the pub- lisher than a hard-cover edition: STRANGE WORK HABITS Monsarrat was born, like the Beatles, in Liverpool, England; where his father, now retired and a hale 93, was a well-known surgeon, He has lived in Ottawa for 11 years, now making his. home in two apartments in a modern luxury block overlook- ing the pretty Rideau River, He keeps his wife in the living wing, and his files, reference books, typewriters and duplicat- ing machine in the working wing. His working habits are unusual. His creative writing starts at 9 p.m. and he continues until he has completed, to his satisfaction, his invariable daily quota of 500 words. It is then around 2 a.m. and he goes to bed for four hours, Rising early, he breakfasts and reads the newspapers. Then he makes a fair copy of his night's work, and at once duplicates it and deposits it in his bank's vault. "I have a phobia about fires, and nightmares about my com- pleted manuscript being de- stroyed," he told me. His summer home is a 30- year-old duck-hunting lodge on one-eighth of an acre of private rock in the St. Lawrence's Thou- sand Islands, There he enjoys sailing, fishing and boating two miles to buy even the milk and eggs. A hard-working author, he has just started his next book, which will be his autobiography. PEOPLE SATISFIED WITH PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS BY THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) More than half the people of Canada are satisfied with their respective provincial governments. About three-in-ten say they are dissatisfied. with the way their province has been governed since the last provincial election. _ Most satisfied, among all in Quebec. provinces -- 34%. The question: ng all provinces, are the voters (59%) Least satisfied are those from the western "WOULD YOU SAY YOU WERE SATISFIED OR DISs- SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THIS PROVINCE HAS BEEN GOVERNED SINCE THE LAST PROVINCIAL ELECTION?" TOTAL Satisfied 55% Dissatisfied 28 No opinion 17 100% MAC'S MUSINGS We are told that since 1930 Average life expectancy Of Canadians has risen by Over 20 years, and that We can all expect to Live much longer than Our forefathers did. That is cheerful news, But this did not happen By accident or by some Great miracle .of nature, Since into that result Has gone the labor of Men of medical science Seeking new methods and New drugs with which to Counteract the human ills Which used to account for Much of the death rate. Medical men in their own Field have learned how To combat and prevent Diseases which used to Take heavy toll of life, But which have now almost. Completely disappeared. Then the improvements In sanitation, in the Inspection of food, and In public health services Have all played their part In extending the span Of the human life. So if we have within. us Any gratitude for this Longer life expectancy, It should be shown in Our appreciation of what Scientists and doctors, Nurses and others who Labor for improved health For all of our people Have done for us. BIBLE "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." Psalms 56:3. When fear rises up in your heart get your mind on the Lord, Jesus said, "Be not afraid only believe." "100% 100% East Quebec Ontario West 56% 59% 56% 52% 26 26 23 34 "4 PM's Right; Now Needs To Act Canadians often talk too cyni- cally about "smart politicians," pretending to admire what they really despise. But Mr. Pearson was right when he said that the public wants "not incantations or panaceas, but honest and in- telligent hard work." If he can persuade his party to accept this high view of its duties, he need not worry much about "in- sinuations or incriminations." They will be erased or forgot- ten as quickly as yesterday's headlines, But the declared in- tention must be expressed in action, The government must demonstrate that it is really trying to straighten out the nation's long neglected busi- ness, not making an idol out of pension plans or labor codes or anything else merely because the old-line politicians have got a fixed idea that they may be popular. --Financial Times ACTION! ACTION! ACTION! More Houses Are Sold Daily Through OQ MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE Consult a member of the OSHAWA & DISTRICT REAL ESTATE BOATD RENT-A-CAR DAY -- WEEK -- MONTH $5.00 PER DAY - 725-6553 RUTHERFORD'S CAR AND TRUCK RENTALS 14 ALBERT ST. 725-6553 : Oshawa ie PLUS LOW MILEAGE CHARGE